Influential Respected by senior leaders in business and government around the world

Nigel Lake

Co-founder and Executive Chair of Pottinger.​ Nigel is an entrepreneur with a passion for diversity, innovation, environment and action and a background in science, M&A, finance, systems thinking and philosophy.

"If the long term starts tomorrow, you'd better start doing something about it today."

Cassandra Kelly AM

Co-founder and Senior Advisor, Leadership and Technology at Pottinger.

​Cassandra is a global advisor and company director with a passion for commercial and social enterprise and a background in finance, risk and markets. Cassandra is also a founder of Atomli and Glass Elevator.​ ​"I believe clients deserve the highest quality advice and the very best service from people they trust."

John Sheehy

CEO of Pottinger.​ John's background is in international corporate law. He has practised as a cross-border M&A lawyer in London, New York City and Moscow, having advised on transactions involving assets or parties in over 20 countries spanning 6 continents with a combined value of over $50 billion.

Andrew Paddon

Managing Director at Pottinger.​ Andrew's background includes M&A, strategic consulting, equity and debt capital market transactions, technical and operational consulting as well as venture capital investing. He joined Pottinger in 2008 because it was truly different from other corporate advisory firms - a single integrated team that simultaneously offered the skills of M&A bankers and strategy consultants with the analytic rigor of a data scientists in an environment with no conflicts of interest and an award winning culture.

Rodrigo Arias

Vice President​ I have deep experience in corporate finance and capital markets internationally having worked in Europe, the Americas and Australia. I advise private and public clients across multiple industries on corporate strategy, M&A and capital raising. Prior to joining Pottinger, I worked in capital markets in Mexico City for Banorte (Mexico’s largest bank), executing DCM and ECM transactions with a combined value of over $5 billion, previously I worked for Bloomberg in London and Citibank in Monterrey, Mexico.

Gerry Grove-White

Special Advisor, Energy, at Pottinger.​ Gerry has a background in mechanical engineering with 45 years’ experience in power generation and energy around the world (gas, oil, coal, nuclear, wind, hydro and geothermal). This includes extensive project management experience, and financing of IPPs, in addition to a wide range of operational engineering experience.

Tony Eyres

Special Advisor, Pottinger.​ I have extensive knowledge, networks and insights across Australia’s key trade-exposed sectors, having enjoyed direct engagement with the highest levels of government, corporations and industry bodies globally.

Michael Sullivan

Special Advisor, Resources, at Pottinger.​ I am a former senior partner of Linklaters with over 25 years of experience in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, initial and secondary public offerings, privatisations, corporate reorganisations and other corporate advice. I have a particular interest and expertise in resources, having acted as the Managing Relationship Manager for Anglo American plc for many years, and having completed many transactions in the sector globally.

Maureen Papas

Special Advisor, Sustainability and Systems Thinking, at Pottinger.​ Maureen is a regarded expert in the area of environment, sustainability and governance. She hold a Bachelor of Arts (Hons), a Master of International Relations with a Master of International Environmental Law and a PhD in Law from Macquarie University. Her research spans the fields of environmental law, natural resources law and in particular international, national and comparative water law and policy issues, with a focus on governance, sustainable practices and intergovernmental relations.

Maria Atkinson AM

Special Advisor, Sustainability, at Pottinger.

​Maria is passionate about sustainability and work with the most senior people in Government and business globally to realise more sustainable practices and strategies. She is an expert in the realm of sustainability and are a highly sought after thought leader.

Nicholas Gold

Senior Advisor, Funds, at Pottinger.​ Nicholas is a highly experienced investment banker, with over thirty five years' advisory experience, across a wide range of industries and geographies. Nicholas offers Pottinger's clients access to extensive expertise relevant to investment funds, with a particular emphasis on the response to attacks by hostile shareholder groups.